Deutscher Bundestag - Bundestag ratifiziert deutsch-britischen Freundschaftsvertrag Der Bundestag hat am Donnerstag, 5. März 2026, den sogenannten Kensington-Vertrag ratifiziert. Der Freundschafts- und Partnerschaftsvertrag zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und...

Expected positive sign for British-German cooperation - today the Bundestag has with a broad majority ratified the bilateral Kensington friendship treaty signed by Starmer and Merz last July:

China sees net increase in farmland for three consecutive years

As of late 2024, China's has 1.94 billion mu (129.33 million hectares) farmland under cultivation, an increase of 28 million mu compared to 2020. www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/19/...

China is getting the fuel and food ready. "China targets steady oil output, more gas and stockpiling in five-year plan" www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets didn't have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than three weeks after supplies from Kyiv's partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a massive winter air campaign, three sources said." www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Opinion | This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call

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▪️2 men were injured in the Kamiansky district. Transport infrastructure was damaged;
▪️Kryvyi Rih was under massive attack. Several fires broke out at an infrastructure facility;
▪️A residential building was damaged in the Nikopol region

2 people were injured as a result of the enemy attacks.

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Russians shelled the building of the Fire and Rescue unit in the Sinelnyky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region: emergency workers were not injured!

In addition, at night the aggressor attacked several more districts of the region.

"Trump Officials Now Want Ukraine's Help To Counter Iranian Drones In The Ultimate Twist Of Irony" www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-...

Russia denies accepting security guarantees for Kyiv, contradicts Ukrainian official Kyrylo Budanov, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, said on Feb. 28 that Russia would accept U.S.-backed security guarantees for Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on March 5 that Moscow had neither seen nor accepted any Western security guarantees for Kyiv, contradicting an earlier claim by a top Ukrainian official.

No means no.

18 of the Ukrainian Defenders who returned home today either celebrated or will celebrate their birthdays in March.

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Russians shelled Sloviansk - 3 people injured. Also damaged 34 private houses, 2 high-rise buildings, 3 administrative buildings and 8 cars.
Also at night the enemy struck Druzhkivka - a residential building caught fire. Due to the threat of repeated strikes, rescuers suspended work.

200 Ukrainian POWs return home in latest exchange, Zelensky says The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed releasing 200 Ukrainian POWs in exchange for the same number of Russian soldiers captured by Ukraine, in a swap brokered by the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates...

⚡️200 Ukrainian POWs return home in latest exchange, Zelensky says.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed releasing 200 Ukrainian POWs in exchange for the same number of Russian soldiers captured by Ukraine, in a swap brokered by the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine💙💛

🤬 Russians targeted the building of our fire and rescue unit

This happened in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Fortunately, the emergency workers were not injured

We continue to work.

Two hundred of our people are home! Freed from russian captivity at last! This is the best news! I’m overjoyed for the 200 families who will reunite today.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

The oldest Ukrainian Defender who returned from Russian captivity today is 59 years old, and the youngest is 27.

Trilateral peace talks on hold as Ukraine waits for US, Zelensky says Trilateral peace talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. are on hold due to the war between Washington and Tehran, President Volodymyr Zelensky said March 4.

⚡️Trilateral peace talks on hold as Ukraine waits for US, Zelensky says.

Trilateral peace talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. are on hold due to the war between Washington and Tehran, President Volodymyr Zelensky said March 4.

Join us!

Iran is a distraction... Europe knows where the real danger is. "Germany and Poland, along with fellow NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark, have ramped up their planning in recent years for a possible future armed conflict with Russia."

Northern European nations will create joint evacuation plans after Ukraine - National | Globalnews.ca Ten nations in northern Europe will prepare for possible cross-border evacuations of civilians in the event of a crisis in the region in a bid to learn from the war in Ukraine.

"Ten nations across northern Europe have agreed to prepare for possible cross-border evacuations of civilians in the event of a crisis or military conflict in the region, in a bid to draw lessons from the war in Ukraine..."

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

"Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack. No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page."

Yes @governorwalz.mn.gov, yes!

They’ve already seeded the next few generations.

A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings. After today’s hearing — and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing — I asked him who he was. I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that. I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was. He said no. Then, the people leaving — myself included — got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator. Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator. Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults — all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public — and was some combination of bemused and appalled. “You are all ridiculous,” I simply said. The door closed.

And, the story of the mystery man.

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After the hearing ended — and after not having raised it when they were in front of Lamberth — DOJ filed an “emergency” motion Wednesday afternoon asking the court to put on hold its Thursday deadline for BOP to provide notice of the protective order to all wardens of BOP facilities housing trans inmates. The motion gave no reason why the issue was not raised in court. It also noted that the plaintiffs oppose the motion. Lamberth did not rule on Wednesday, instead giving the plaintiffs until noon Thursday to provide their reasons for opposing to the motion, if they wish to do so.

Like, what are we doing here, folks?

You were literally in the judge's courtroom in the morning. What is this?

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Judge moves, cautiously, toward civil contempt in case over treatment of trans people in prison “Once I issue an order, it’s my intent to enforce it,“ Judge Lamberth told the government. And: Facing the Trump administration's ridiculousness. Until the elevator door closes.

There are Many Items of Note in today’s Law Dork, including:
- the substance of the show cause hearing in the trans prison care case, including Royce Lamberth quotes
- a Royce Lamberth story
- an after-court “emergency” filing that DOJ didn’t even mention at the hearing
- several off-putting moments

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Congress played a significant role in creating the “imperial presidency” [by] passing legislation that delegates its authorities to the executive. Doing this avoids “tough votes” in Congress and results in Congress abdicating its constitutional role.

Russia's nuclear giant controls massive weapons production ecosystem ignored by sanctions, report finds Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, operates 21 entities that are directly involved in weapons production but face no EU sanctions, according to a report published March 4 by the Kyiv-based t...

⚡️Russia's nuclear giant controls massive weapons production ecosystem ignored by sanctions, report finds.

Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, operates 21 entities that are directly involved in weapons production but face no EU sanctions, according to the Kyiv-based think tank DiXi Group.

The Steady State (@steadystate1) “In the end, sacrificing military professionalism for partisan advantage is not only a betrayal of the institution’s core mission but also a fatal flaw in any authoritarian’s strategy for enduring con...

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This authoritarian regime, emboldened by unbounded power and zero accountability, deals out “unimaginable cruelty,” even a Trump-appointed judge blasts. Targeting innocents just because they can.  

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